With the war against opiates going on now, some of my viewers might ask, "Tim why are you reading a book about an opium addict?" My response is that I'm also reading the book Ruler of the Night by David Morrell. It is the third novel in the Thomas de Quincy series. In that series Thomas and his daughter are helping Scotland yard detectives solve mysteries in Victorian England where thy're tracking down serial killers that are doing gruesome murders in the London area. There are several parts of Morrell's series that refer parts of this book.
This book me a while to read, even though it's a short book. It is a non-fiction memoir about de Quincey's addiction habits and how bad it got over the years. Some parts are easier to understand than others since it talks about dreams he had caused by his addiction. This book was written in the 19th century give the reader a view of pre-Victorian through the eyes of an opium addict.
If you want to read this book you can download it for free in various formats from Project Gutenberg at: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2040
If you are interested in reading the David Morrell's series, you can purchase them from the following sites in various formats:
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Barnes & Noble:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Thomas%20de%20Quincey%20series%20David%20Morrell/_/N-8q8
Tim's Rating: 3.25 Stars
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